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A Mother and Son Scam Their Way Into the American Dream

Lysley Tenorio's novel "The Son of Good Fortune" subverts the trope of the perfect, grateful immigrant

Oct 26 - Elaine Castillo

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The Ugliest Babies in the World

A short story by Vanessa Chan

Oct 26 - Vanessa Chan

Fiction

How Playing “Myst” Taught Me to Write Fiction

The classic puzzle game, and its sequel "Riven," showed me the pleasures of immersion and suggestion

Oct 23 - Blair Hurley

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8 Books About Hexing the Patriarchy

Lucile Scott recommends literature about the intersection of witchcraft and feminism

Oct 23 - Lucile Scott

Oct 20 - Annabelle Williams

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The Ugliest Babies in the World

A short story by Vanessa Chan

Oct 26 - Vanessa Chan

Fiction

I Married a Stranger to Be Left Alone

An excerpt from the novel "Earthlings" by Sayaka Murata, recommended by Ginny Tapley Takemori

Oct 21 - Sayaka Murata

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Safety Is Not Other People

Two poems by Annie Goold

Oct 19 - Annie Goold

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7 Flash Fiction Stories That Are Worth (a Tiny Amount of) Your Time

Oct 12 - Emmanuel Nataf

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How Playing “Myst” Taught Me to Write Fiction

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I Married a Stranger to Be Left Alone

Oct 21 - Sayaka Murata

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8 Books About Hexing the Patriarchy

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The Ugliest Babies in the World

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I Married a Stranger to Be Left Alone

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Oct 21 - Sayaka Murata

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Safety Is Not Other People

Two poems by Annie Goold

Oct 19 - Annie Goold

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Carmilla Is Better Than Dracula, And Here’s Why

Forget that dusty undead count—here's the sexy vampire we need right now

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The Forgotten Brontë Sibling

Douglas A. Martin on writing a queer novel about Branwell Brontë

Oct 20 - Brendan Mathews

Poems That Ask How We Value Black Women’s Lives

Oct 19 - Arriel Vinson

For Laura Van den Berg’s Women, There’s No Easy Way Out

Oct 16 - JR Ramakrishnan

Poetry About Finding Power in the Grotesque

Oct 14 - Arriel Vinson

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A photo grid of the winners of the Rona Jaffe Award

Sep 15 - Electric Literature

Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards

Six extraordinary emerging writers will receive grants of $30,000 each

Jun 15 - Electric Literature

Electric Lit Seeks a Part-Time Assistant Editor for Our Literary Magazines

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Ghost Solicitors Not Allowed

"Peony Lanterns" by Aoko Matsuda, recommended by Carmen Maria Machado

Oct 14 - Aoko Matsuda

The Commuter

When the Past Hangs Around Your Neck

Oct 12 - Clara Obligado

Boyhood In the Plague

Oct 7 - Jonathan Escoffery

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Lost in the Woods in an Election Year

Oct 5 - Leah Falk

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12 Mystery Novels Featuring Black, Indigenous, and POC Protagonists

Stories about finding answers and pursuing justice, focusing on BIPOC characters

Oct 16 - Jennifer Baker

A Definitive Ranking of Tana French Novels

Oct 15 - Emily Hughes

10 Contemporary Books by Korean American Writers

Oct 13 - Caroline Kim